Color Cycling for Aseprite

A flexible color cycling script for Aseprite, inspired by classic Deluxe Paint palette animations.

Animate your artwork by shifting palette indices across frames using multiple motion types.

Features

Multiple cycle modes:

• Default – Standard forward cycling
• Mirror – Wave motion using a mirrored palette
• Ping Pong – Forward and backward motion with no repeating colors
• Random – Every frame uses a different shuffled color mapping

Installation

1. Open Aseprite
2. Go to File > Scripts > Open Scripts Folder
3. Copy the '[KS] Color Cycling.lua' file into that folder
4. Then File > Scripts > Rescan Scripts Folder (or press F5)
5. Run it via File > Scripts > [KS] Color Cycling

How to Use

1. Make sure your sprite is in Indexed color mode
2. Select the cel you want to cycle
3. Run the script
4. Set: - Start index (e.g. 1) - End index (e.g. 8) - A cycle mode
5. Click 'Cycle' — frames will be generated automatically

Notes

• For best results, ensure the selected cel contains colors within the chosen index range.
• Works best on static cels — avoid applying it to layers with existing animations unless you intend to overwrite them.
• To reverse the cycle direction, simply swap the Start Index and End Index values.

Read more about color cycling on Wikipedia